react click outside without wrapper code example
Example: react click outside class implementation
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
/**
* Component that alerts if you click outside of it
*/
export default class OutsideAlerter extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.wrapperRef = React.createRef();
this.setWrapperRef = this.setWrapperRef.bind(this);
this.handleClickOutside = this.handleClickOutside.bind(this);
}
componentDidMount() {
document.addEventListener('mousedown', this.handleClickOutside);
}
componentWillUnmount() {
document.removeEventListener('mousedown', this.handleClickOutside);
}
/**
* Alert if clicked on outside of element
*/
handleClickOutside(event) {
if (this.wrapperRef && !this.wrapperRef.current.contains(event.target)) {
alert('You clicked outside of me!');
}
}
render() {
return <div ref={this.wrapperRef}>{this.props.children}</div>;
}
}
OutsideAlerter.propTypes = {
children: PropTypes.element.isRequired,
};